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I just got a bunch of forms from my employer on how to apply for AD&D insurance coverage. Naturally, I thought - are we talking about resurrection spells? Will they send a team to recover my equipment from the dungeon for me too? Can I expense my hired goons, or claim mileage for my dragon if I'm riding it on official Evil Overlord business?
No. Apparently it's accidental death and dismemberment insurance. Should the undead soul of Bill Gates reach out from my Windows box here at work and rip me limb from limb, they'll give me money for replacement artificial cyborg ones. Or something. Really, the whole alarming 'dismemberment' bit sounds rather more appropriate for Dungeons and Dragons than my line of work.
March 7 2008, 17:27:24 UTC 4 years ago
March 7 2008, 17:56:50 UTC 4 years ago
March 7 2008, 18:14:57 UTC 4 years ago
March 7 2008, 18:04:31 UTC 4 years ago
Remember, when the insurance industry was young and the name was created, "accidental dismemberment" was a routine occurrence in factories; not quite daily, but if it didn't happen monthly, the factory manager was being too soft on the
peasantsworkers.I'm sure it's pure coincidence that, a century or so later, Gary Gygax chose the same acronym for Version 2 of D&D. ;)
March 7 2008, 19:10:42 UTC 4 years ago
March 7 2008, 20:01:48 UTC 4 years ago
This makes me happy. :)
Can I expense my hired goons, or claim mileage for my dragon if I'm riding it on official Evil Overlord business
HA!
March 7 2008, 20:46:44 UTC 4 years ago